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<blockquote data-quote="JROG" data-source="post: 420799" data-attributes="member: 43">The first two episodes of Season 9 are a shock to the system. I had to pause for a few minutes after &quot;Charley&quot; to process. From the very first shot, you quickly get the sense this is going to be good. I don&#039;t know if you can call it FALCON CREST.&nbsp; It feels more like a crime drama than a soap, true, but then again, what good did the daytime-soap-on-crack tone of Season 7 do us anyway?There are a lot of shades of TWIN PEAKS and AMERICAN PSYCHO here (with Michael Sharpe). It&#039;s really fascinating. With the set of scenes following Richard&#039;s imprisonment, the change in tone could not be more obvious. The show is no longer doing glammy melodrama. It&#039;s going for something gritty.The opening credit arrangement will take some getting used to (versus the really&nbsp; lovely Season 8 one) and the show has a huge issue with it&#039;s nearly nonexistent female cast. Angela is about to be gone, Maggie has just been killed off, Emma doesn&#039;t count, and Pilar is not written true to character. The Pilar I know was cool and measured, and never shrill. Granted, one can assume Angela&#039;s interference is pushing&nbsp; Pilar over the edge, but this feels more like Melissa than Pilar (and season 8 took great pains to make sure Pilar was not Melissa). Let&#039;s see where this goes.&quot;Charley&quot; is truly wonderful and the titular character is both fascinating and horrifying. Every scene he&#039;s in sparkles.&nbsp; Both episodes feature shocking, beautifully filmed final scenes: Maggie&#039;s heartbreaking drowning (with some wonderful editing) and Charley attacking Angela. I knew of the scenes but it&#039;s so great to finally see them in context. Maggie and Angela are my top 2 favorites, next to Melissa, so it&#039;s really hard to let them go, but I am keeping an open mind.This is a masterclass on how quickly you can turn a show around. I have never been so on edge about a character&#039;s fate on this show -- it has never mattered so much -- as it did when Charley slowly walked back to Angela&#039;s bed with the pillow in his hands. I know what&#039;s about to happen, and it is still chilling. The true test will be to see if they can sustain this. I&#039;m in for the ride!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JROG, post: 420799, member: 43"] The first two episodes of Season 9 are a shock to the system. I had to pause for a few minutes after "Charley" to process. From the very first shot, you quickly get the sense this is going to be good. I don't know if you can call it FALCON CREST. It feels more like a crime drama than a soap, true, but then again, what good did the daytime-soap-on-crack tone of Season 7 do us anyway? There are a lot of shades of TWIN PEAKS and AMERICAN PSYCHO here (with Michael Sharpe). It's really fascinating. With the set of scenes following Richard's imprisonment, the change in tone could not be more obvious. The show is no longer doing glammy melodrama. It's going for something gritty. The opening credit arrangement will take some getting used to (versus the really lovely Season 8 one) and the show has a huge issue with it's nearly nonexistent female cast. Angela is about to be gone, Maggie has just been killed off, Emma doesn't count, and Pilar is not written true to character. The Pilar I know was cool and measured, and never shrill. Granted, one can assume Angela's interference is pushing Pilar over the edge, but this feels more like Melissa than Pilar (and season 8 took great pains to make sure Pilar was [I]not [/I]Melissa). Let's see where this goes. "Charley" is truly wonderful and the titular character is both fascinating and horrifying. Every scene he's in sparkles. Both episodes feature shocking, beautifully filmed final scenes: Maggie's heartbreaking drowning (with some wonderful editing) and Charley attacking Angela. I knew of the scenes but it's so great to finally see them in context. Maggie and Angela are my top 2 favorites, next to Melissa, so it's really hard to let them go, but I am keeping an open mind. This is a masterclass on how quickly you can turn a show around. I have never been so on edge about a character's fate on this show -- it has never [I]mattered [/I]so much -- as it did when Charley slowly walked back to Angela's bed with the pillow in his hands. I know what's about to happen, and it is still chilling. The true test will be to see if they can sustain this. I'm in for the ride! [/QUOTE]

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